The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
4:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1378
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
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Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.96° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.76° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.