The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 1983
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 747
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 | 223.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -23.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.57° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.78° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.