The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
3:06 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 66
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.75° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.99° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.