The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2054
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
11:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1624
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 | 256.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.54° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.69° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.