The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
3:12 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 302
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 52.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.08° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.57° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.