The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1929
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 78
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -26.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.63° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.87° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.