The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
6:00 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3195
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 | 170.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 334.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -12.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.41° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.