The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 2057
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
6:27 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1662
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 | 330.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 192.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.47° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.57° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.