The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
4:04 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 128.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 1.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.89° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.90° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.