The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 1943
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
3:29 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 252
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 229.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -1.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.49° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.