The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
2:08 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 401
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 | 102.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / -1.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.46° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.82° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.98° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| 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.