The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 2009
Waxing Crescent
33.7% 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
11:40 AM
12:59 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 70.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.30° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.65° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.