The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 30, 2059
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1687
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 | 222.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.70° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.80° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.