The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2022
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
8:25 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.31° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.87° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.