The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
6:11 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1179
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 | 163.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 346.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -4.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.66° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.28° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.