The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
3:25 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1477
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 48.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.11° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.54° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.