The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 2051
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
10:47 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1588
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 | 238.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.22° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.41° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.