The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2049
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
8:18 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1563
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.3° / 149.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.30° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.25° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.