The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1905
Waning Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
2:36 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -218
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 | 298.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.60° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.