The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
4:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 574
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.4° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.88° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.54° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.