The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1959
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
2:39 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 285.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.74° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.65° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.