The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2019
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
5:00 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 314.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.31° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.93° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.