The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
6:12 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1649
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 344.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.23° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.69° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.