The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 1995
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
8:17 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 352.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.2° / 146.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.96° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.49° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.