The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 140
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 | 169.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 10.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -14.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.06° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.