The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% 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
2:34 PM
2:33 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2887
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 | 104.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.31° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.35° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.