The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
6:02 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 945
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.18° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.