The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1918
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
7:44 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -58
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 | 206.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.88° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.50° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.