The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
3:54 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 339
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 | 139.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.28° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.54° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.