The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 2048
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
9:03 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1551
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.40° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.57° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.