The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
3:13 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2182
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.90° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.36° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.