The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
4:16 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -132
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 | 146.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -0.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.41° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.78° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.