The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
5:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1302
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 1.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.74° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.63° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.