The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 2008
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
3:02 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1056
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / 1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.78° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.30° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.48° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.