The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
4:44 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 103
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 | 131.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 28.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.64° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.64° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.