The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
3:47 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1007
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 | 131.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 41.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.01° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.74° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.