The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 28, 2012
First Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
1:28 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1106
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.50° / -5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.77° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.