The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 1900
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
9:07 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 126.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.68° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.32° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.