The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1910
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -156
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.05° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.94° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.