The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 28, 1951
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
2:08 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 351
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 | 280.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 241.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.60° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.