The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 2184
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
8:35 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3232
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.35° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.94° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.