The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1925
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
12:54 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 30
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 | 66.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.79° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.22° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.