The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 2087
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
6:18 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2033
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 207.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.85° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.39° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.