The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1948
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
11:51 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 314
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.18° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.22° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.