The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2113
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2354
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 0.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.23° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.65° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.