The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
10:41 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 243.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.08° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.02° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| 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.