May 28 Day 149 of 366 · ISO week 22 · Gemini · Spring (Northern Hemisphere)
May 28 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 217 days remain until the year's end. It falls in spring (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Gemini.
May 28
149th day of the year
May 2024 calendar — highlighted: the 28th
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Day of year 149 / 366 Days remaining 217 ISO week 22 Weekday in 2024 Tuesday Zodiac (Western) Gemini Zodiac (sidereal) Gemini Season (N. hemi.) Spring Sun declination +21.6° Birthstone Emerald Birth flower Lily of the Valley, Hawthorn
External references Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
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Astronomy
Solar declination through the year — the Sun's apparent latitude on Earth. May 28 ≈ +21.6°
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+23°
−23°
+21.6°
Computed via Cooper's formula. Positive declination = Sun north of the celestial equator (Northern Hemisphere summer).
On May 28 the Sun's declination is approximately +21.6°. At this latitude the Sun is north of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere longer days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory , or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a May 28.
Position in the year
Position in the calendar year — day 149 of 366 (with 217 remaining)
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May 28
Holidays & observances No widely-observed holidays catalogued for this day in our base set. See the external almanacs above for region-specific observances.
Events A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
585 — BCE — A solar eclipse, predicted by Thales of Miletus, ended the Battle of the Eclipse between Lydia and Media. ↗ (1441 years ago) 1830 — U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. ↗ (196 years ago) 1934 — The Dionne quintuplets, the world's first surviving quintuplets, were born in Ontario. ↗ (92 years ago) 1961 — Amnesty International was founded in London. ↗ (65 years ago) Notable births
1738 — Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician for whom the guillotine was named. ↗ (288 years ago) 1888 — Jim Thorpe, American Olympic athlete. ↗ (138 years ago) 1931 — Carroll Baker, American actress. ↗ (95 years ago) Notable deaths
1972 — Edward, Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII). ↗ (54 years ago) Numerical & calendrical curiosities Day-of-year (149) 149 · prime Days remaining (217) 7 × 31 Date code DDMMYYYY 28052026 · no palindrome in next 200 years Sun declination +21.59° (Cooper approximation) Distance from solstice 23 days
Cross-references The 28th of every other month Adjacent days Days nearby Themes: amnesty-international indian-removal-act eclipse-of-thales
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