The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2043
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
9:41 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.67° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.61° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.