The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2103
Waning Gibbous
61.4% 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
1:50 AM
11:39 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2230
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.71° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.32° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.