The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 28, 2174
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
6:59 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3109
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.5° / 196.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.61° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.41° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.