The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2174
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
5:33 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3108
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 198.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.11° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.