The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 2097
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
7:37 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2156
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.23° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.68° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.