The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1940
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
12:21 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 214
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 | 262.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.70° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.29° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.