The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1972
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
7:47 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 611
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.04° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.60° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.