The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 1948
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
10:49 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 314
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.26° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.01° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.