The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 1995
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
9:56 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 896
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.61° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.02° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.