The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 2093
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
11:50 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2108
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.61° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.54° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.