The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2111
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
10:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2329
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -20.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.46° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.73° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.