The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1905
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
4:28 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 229.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.67° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.07° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.