The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2118
First Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
2:17 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2417
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.15° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.97° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.