The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 30, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
3:45 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1477
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 | 132.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.95° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.34° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.