The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
6:13 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1080
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.26° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 178.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.