The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1929
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
10:00 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 236.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.84° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.21° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.