The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 2051
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
8:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1588
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.73° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.02° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.