The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 29, 2173
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3097
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -28.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.45° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.02° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.