The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1913
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
12:50 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -119
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.39° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.97° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.