The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
3:30 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -131
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 | 153.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.51° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.44° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.