The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
3:06 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1477
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 | 110.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.31° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.74° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.