The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 30, 2138
Waning Gibbous
58.8% 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
1:33 AM
12:25 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2664
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.22° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.60° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| 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.