The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
2:11 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -168
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.73° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.43° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.