The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1922
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
10:38 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -7
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.32° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.34° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.