The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
4:06 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1613
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 33.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.96° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.36° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.