The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 28, 1900
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
8:11 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 83% of the Sun is covered at 8:51 AM.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.3° / 155.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.03° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.43° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.