The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2043
Waning Gibbous
83.7% 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
12:08 AM
8:52 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1488
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 | 227.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -28.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.83° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.29° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.