The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
4:14 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3257
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 | 119.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 11.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.96° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.64° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.