The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 1997
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
12:34 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 920
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.65° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.84° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.