The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 1992
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
7:39 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 858
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 | 340.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.7° / 176.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.02° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.04° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.