The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1975
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 233.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.95° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.19° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.