The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
2:20 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2281
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / -0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.50° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.98° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.