The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 2039
First Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
2:08 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1440
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.88° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.38° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.