The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2165
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
10:55 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2998
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.35° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.81° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.