The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1968
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
10:40 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 562
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 | 14.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.16° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.39° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.