The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
5:01 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 170.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.4° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.46° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.