The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2021
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
10:12 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.94° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.38° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.