The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 2032
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
8:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1352
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.65° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.09° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.