The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2108
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2293
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.95° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.39° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.