The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2078
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
7:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1922
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 | 200.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.15° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.22° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.