The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
4:17 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3158
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 | 135.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 32.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / -2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.06° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.04° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.