The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
3:38 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 100.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.41° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.47° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.