The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2170
Full Moon
99.8% 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
8:48 PM
5:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3060
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:59 PM, is deepest at 8:48 PM and ends at 10:38 PM. Totality lasts from 7:57 PM to 9:40 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 317.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -20.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.69° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.98° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.