The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2141
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
12:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2700
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 | 262.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -17.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.72° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.93° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.