The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2016
Last Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
1:29 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1155
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.72° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.85° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.