The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
2:58 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 772
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 | 104.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 7.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.90° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.94° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.