The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
2:34 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1316
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / -1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.37° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.73° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.