The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 2073
Last Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
1:09 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1860
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 | 269.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.05° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.80° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| 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.