The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1944
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
1:30 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 265
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.59° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.41° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.