The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 1953
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
6:25 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 376
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 | 191.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.75° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.62° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.