The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 30, 2008
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
4:14 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 302.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.0° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.72° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.71° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.