The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
3:31 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1242
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 | 124.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.03° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.14° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.