The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2010
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
8:14 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 211.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.09° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.97° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.