The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 1994
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 883
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.67° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.80° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.