The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
2:39 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 117.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.07° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.99° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.