The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 2043
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
10:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1489
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 | 244.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.30° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.81° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| 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.