The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 2078
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1922
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.24° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.60° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.