The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 28, 2103
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
1:07 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2231
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.87° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.61° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.