The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
3:09 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 438
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 | 122.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.66° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.14° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| 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.