The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
4:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 145.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.14° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.