The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2146
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
8:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2763
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.99° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.61° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.