The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
1:55 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 166
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 | 96.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.25° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.78° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.