The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
4:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1279
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 | 150.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.0° / 23.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.63° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.56° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.