The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
3:13 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 203
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 | 125.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -6.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.44° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.95° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.