The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 29, 2111
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
12:45 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2330
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.64° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.20° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.