The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
3:45 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 673
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 | 135.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 39.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.34° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.13° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.