The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
2:33 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 871
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 | 115.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 60.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.61° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.16° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.