The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2074
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1873
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.86° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.11° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.