The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2016
Waning Gibbous
65.4% 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
1:13 AM
11:28 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 252.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.99° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.31° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.