The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2040
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1452
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 | 224.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.06° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.99° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.