The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2024
Last Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
1:09 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1254
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.06° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.44° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.