The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 2176
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
10:08 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3134
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 | 234.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.80° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.80° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.