The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
3:22 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2181
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 | 97.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.55° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.86° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.