The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2016
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 259.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -10.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.14° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.63° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.