The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1964
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 512
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 | 226.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.73° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.20° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.