The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2005
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
9:27 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1018
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 | 235.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.85° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.90° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.