The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 28, 2094
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
5:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2120
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 348.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.45° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.97° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.