The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2168
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:44 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3035
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.78° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.41° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.