The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
2:53 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2887
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.37° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.14° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.