The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1940
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
1:01 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 215
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.18° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.63° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.