The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 1937
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
8:46 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 178
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 | 216.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.58° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.62° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.