The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
2:34 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 401
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -6.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.06° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.77° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.