The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1978
Last Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
12:48 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 685
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.81° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.03° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.