The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 1959
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
1:40 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 450
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.32° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.42° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.