The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
12:59 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.71° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.86° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.