The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2073
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:28 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1859
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.39° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.50° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.