The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
2:30 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1811
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.23° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.36° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.