The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
3:31 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2454
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 | 137.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.44° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.96° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.