The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
12:43 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 66.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.29° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.99° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.06° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.