The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
2:49 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1242
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 | 101.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.41° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.55° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.