The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 1921
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
1:09 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -20
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.07° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.05° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.