The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1974
First Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
1:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 636
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.55° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.41° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.