The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1959
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
12:39 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 261.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.54° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.21° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.