The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
2:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2652
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.71° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.95° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.