The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 28, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
5:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 5
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 357.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.61° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.76° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.