The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1960
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
11:20 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 463
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.81° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.72° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.