The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 1949
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
11:09 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 327
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.1° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.56° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.95° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.