The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 28, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
5:49 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1180
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 | 169.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 333.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.63° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.99° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.