The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 30, 2179
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
3:34 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3171
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 6.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.07° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.