The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 2066
Waxing Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
12:22 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1774
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.63° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.46° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.