The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2100
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
1:08 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2194
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -9.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.69° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.20° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.