The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 1993
First Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
1:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 871
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.03° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.58° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.