The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1963
Waxing Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
1:58 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 500
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.38° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.61° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.