The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
4:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1848
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 10.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.89° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.38° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.