The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1968
Waxing Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 562
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 | 36.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 27.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.26° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.90° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.