The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 1, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
5:02 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 65
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 28.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.69° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.37° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.