The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
5:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 239
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 | 149.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 8.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.11° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.24° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.