The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1971
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
12:50 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 599
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 | 63.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.34° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.26° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.