The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 2024
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
9:24 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 234.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -28.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.50° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.71° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.