The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 2081
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
10:18 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1958
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 | 245.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.17° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.89° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.