The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2168
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
11:05 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3034
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 | 250.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 248.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.55° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.12° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.