The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 2043
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
11:56 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1489
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 | 256.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.17° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.93° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.02° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.