The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
5:53 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 375
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 | 174.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 326.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.14° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| 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.