The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1118
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.46° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.60° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| 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.