The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 2011
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
7:05 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.5° / 192.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.61° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.61° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.