The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2173
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
9:04 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3097
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 | 225.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.27° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.21° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| 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.