The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 2179
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
1:39 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3171
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 | 272.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -2.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.15° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.19° / -6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.63° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.