The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
4:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -95
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 | 167.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 13.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -13.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.72° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.96° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.