The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 30, 1980
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
6:55 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 710
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.52° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.02° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.