The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1991
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
5:51 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 846
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -25.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.85° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.19° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 163.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.