The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 2027
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
1:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1291
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.06° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.83° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.