The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2152
Waning Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
2:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2836
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.09° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.38° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.