The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
4:24 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1612
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 | 130.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 32.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 3.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.32° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.67° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.