The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2085
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
12:44 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2009
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.70° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.65° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.