The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 2010
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
6:19 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 188.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.74° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.