The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1918
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 224.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.35° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.02° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.