The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 2070
Waning Gibbous
90.6% 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
11:26 PM
8:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1822
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.39° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.48° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.