The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 2105
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
6:34 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2256
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 | 187.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.16° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.42° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.