The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2020
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
1:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1205
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 | 70.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.74° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.42° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.