The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 2036
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1403
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.50° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.50° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.