The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 1989
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
3:04 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 821
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 | 289.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.96° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.68° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.