The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 1914
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -106
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.44° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.94° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.