The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
5:55 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2725
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 334.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.79° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.66° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.