The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1998
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
11:41 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.10° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.34° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.