The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2066
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
12:51 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1774
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 77.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.75° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.23° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.