The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2017
Waxing Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
11:05 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1167
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 99.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.03° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.87° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.