The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2086
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
7:54 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2021
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 | 205.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.63° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.00° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.