The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
3:32 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 301
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 | 99.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.14° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.91° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.