The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2122
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
12:56 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2466
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 | 264.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.83° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.43° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| 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.