The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 2010
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
7:15 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 200.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.56° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.78° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.