The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
3:49 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1143
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 | 133.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.08° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.73° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.