The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
3:32 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.60° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.87° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.