The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
4:25 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 673
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.05° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.95° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| 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.