The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2157
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2898
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.43° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.73° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.