The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
4:34 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 908
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 | 150.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 15.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.03° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.14° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.