The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
4:57 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2689
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.1° / 334.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.22° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.78° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.