The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 1983
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
8:14 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 747
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 | 212.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -24.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.57° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.58° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.