The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2005
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
12:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 259.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.55° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.42° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.