The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 28, 2142
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2714
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.18° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.92° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.