The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 1998
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 933
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 | 50.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 17.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.55° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.58° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.10° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.