The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1978
Waning Crescent
33.8% 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
2:41 AM
2:57 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 288.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.87° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.47° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.