The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 1915
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
4:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -94
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.6° / 347.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.55° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.67° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.