The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1910
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
7:55 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -157
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 | 225.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -25.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.81° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.60° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.