The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 30, 2182
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
7:19 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3208
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.6° / 174.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.71° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.23° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.