The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 30, 2036
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
12:42 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1403
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.92° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.27° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.