The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 2056
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
6:43 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1650
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 297.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.22° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.