The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2054
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
12:22 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1625
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 | 259.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.11° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.00° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| 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.