The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 2157
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
12:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2899
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 | 257.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -12.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.73° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.41° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.