The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
3:57 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 908
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 35.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.33° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.33° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.