The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 982
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 | 220.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.39° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.39° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| 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.