The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
4:12 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1848
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 | 138.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.13° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.57° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.