The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
4:04 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2218
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.05° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.03° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.