The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
3:50 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2553
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -2.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.56° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.35° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.