The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
2:49 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1910
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.51° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.77° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.