The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
5:28 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1848
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 | 164.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 344.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.47° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.19° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.