The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 2054
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
1:18 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1625
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -8.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.95° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.21° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.