The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1911
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
11:09 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -143
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.77° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.84° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.