The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
11:56 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1254
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.01° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.23° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.