The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1929
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
11:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 247.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.88° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.42° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.