The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2001
First Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
2:09 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 970
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.95° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.01° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.