The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 30, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
4:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2083
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 11.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.85° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.58° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.