The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
4:01 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 104
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 | 141.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.54° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.33° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.