The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
2:49 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2182
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 | 108.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.69° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.56° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.