The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
1:54 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 276.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.31° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.66° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.26° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.