The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1921
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
12:13 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -20
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 | 256.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.13° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.83° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.