The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
3:24 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 772
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 | 117.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 0.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.18° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.73° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.