The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
5:38 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 710
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 341.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.18° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.35° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.