The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
3:19 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1143
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 | 122.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 49.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -3.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.06° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.92° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.