The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
2:37 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1205
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 | 96.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.54° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.98° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.