The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 2193
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
8:19 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3344
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.4° / 158.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.27° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.47° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.