The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2176
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:17 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3134
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.85° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.40° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.22° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| 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.