The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Waning Gibbous
96.5% 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
10:39 PM
7:41 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1216
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 | 201.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.19° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.68° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| 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.