The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 1916
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
6:14 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -82
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.7° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.15° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.31° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.