The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
5:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2824
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 2.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -0.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.05° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.26° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.