The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
2:49 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2046
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.26° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.58° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.