The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
1:58 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 100.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / -0.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.10° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.56° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.