The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
2:21 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2652
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.89° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.15° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.