The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
3:48 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1142
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 6.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.33° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.24° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.