The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
2:18 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -267
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.19° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.82° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.