The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 2040
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
10:13 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1452
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Venus 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 | 237.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.74° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.18° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| 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.