The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1907
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
6:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -193
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.90° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.93° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.