The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
4:20 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.30° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.53° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.