The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
3:37 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 302
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / 0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.26° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.37° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.