The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
4:49 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 139.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.17° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.66° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.