The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 1945
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
8:05 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 209.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.68° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.22° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.