The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2022
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
7:22 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 175.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.21° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.62° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.