The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1983
Waning Gibbous
96.5% 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
10:54 PM
7:27 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 747
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.41° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.39° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.