The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1943
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
4:34 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 309.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 219.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 2.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.60° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.72° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.