The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
7:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1180
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 | 192.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.23° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.39° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.