The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
3:46 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 438
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.19° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.94° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.