The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1976
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
9:28 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 661
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 | 6.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.11° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.83° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.