The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1964
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
7:42 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 512
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 | 204.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.97° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.80° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.