The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 2048
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
7:50 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1551
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 | 206.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.58° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.38° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.