The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2011
Waning Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
6:05 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1093
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 | 323.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.8° / 214.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.49° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.37° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.