The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
2:27 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 202
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.31° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.77° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.