The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
3:58 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1712
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 34.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.71° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.56° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.