The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
5:59 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 475
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 | 173.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.07° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.95° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.