The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
5:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 475
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 | 160.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 353.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -12.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.13° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.14° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.