The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
3:15 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2219
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -11.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.10° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.76° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.