The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 2005
Last Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
1:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1019
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.61° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.63° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.