The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1981
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
3:09 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 292.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 231.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.10° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.