The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
3:09 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 673
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 | 121.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.03° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.33° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.