The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1983
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
7:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 746
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.90° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.08° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.