The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2005
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
10:54 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1019
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.23° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.22° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.