The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 2021
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.87° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.19° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.