The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 30, 2014
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
10:28 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1131
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 | 21.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.91° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.19° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.