The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 1978
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
1:53 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 685
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -4.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.51° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.25° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.