The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% 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
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3059
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 2.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.05° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.44° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.