The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 28, 1906
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -205
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 | 59.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.08° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.51° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| 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.