The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 30, 2076
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
6:56 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1897
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.76° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.39° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.