The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2075
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
6:40 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1885
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.30° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.60° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.