The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 2049
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
6:18 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1563
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 | 326.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.15° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.76° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.