The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
2:34 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 265
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 60.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 8.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.30° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.97° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.