The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 1911
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
10:07 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -143
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.72° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.08° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.