The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
2:52 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -268
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 | 124.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 2.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.55° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.17° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| 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.