The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 2145
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
1:41 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2751
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 5.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.23° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.57° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.