The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 1972
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
6:51 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 196.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.82° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.41° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.