The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 28, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
3:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3394
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.82° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.95° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| 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.