The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 2028
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
1:19 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1304
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.17° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.63° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.