The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 1982
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
1:32 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 735
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 | 75.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.14° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.03° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.