The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1994
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
8:52 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 219.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -20.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.97° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.48° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.