The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 2189
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
6:28 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3295
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 | 189.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.50° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.19° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.