The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
4:18 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2787
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.12° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.04° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.