The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
2:44 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 970
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 | 99.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 8.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.08° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.80° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.