The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1937
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 178
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.78° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.81° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.