The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
3:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3121
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 | 99.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.64° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.05° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| 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.