The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
4:51 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1514
Events on this date
-
Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.0° / 335.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.89° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.59° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.