The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 30, 1997
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
2:50 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 920
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 | 287.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.89° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.27° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.