The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1932
Waning Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
2:41 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 116
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 | 286.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.46° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.26° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.