The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 29, 2132
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
5:57 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2590
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 7:20 PM, is deepest at 8:38 PM and ends at 9:56 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.88° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.