The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 2081
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
12:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1959
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.31° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.40° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.