The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
3:06 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 537
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 | 107.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.09° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.75° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.