The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
4:23 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1847
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.69° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.86° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.