The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
2:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 735
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 | 100.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.13° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.59° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.