The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 30, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
4:26 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 438
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 17.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.80° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.75° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.