The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
5:29 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 162.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 348.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.30° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.77° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.