The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 1944
First Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
2:03 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 265
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.46° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.19° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.