The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 28, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
3:46 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2788
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 | 125.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -1.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.03° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.75° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.