The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1980
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
6:14 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 710
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 317.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.74° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 337.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.