The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 28, 2001
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
1:28 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 970
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 | 73.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.73° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.23° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.