The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
3:10 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1242
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.59° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.34° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.