The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
3:52 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 574
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 | 140.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.60° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.72° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.