The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 30, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
3:08 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3122
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.99° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.36° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| 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.