The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
6:25 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1180
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 310.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.03° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.80° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 16.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.