The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 2056
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
7:36 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1650
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 | 201.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.96° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.98° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.