The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2013
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
12:13 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1118
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 | 255.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.10° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.00° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.