The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1986
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
10:57 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 246.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.56° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.40° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.