The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 1926
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
7:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 42
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 | 195.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.62° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.22° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.