The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 2119
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
12:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2429
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.91° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.79° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.