The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
4:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -230
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 | 171.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 0.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.60° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.86° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.