The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 1973
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
7:31 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 623
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.6° / 183.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.54° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.24° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.