The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
3:26 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2886
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.73° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.63° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.