The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
3:23 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 908
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 | 125.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.08° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.52° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.