The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2033
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
10:04 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1366
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.07° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.62° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.