The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 29, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
3:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.79° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.56° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.