The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1956
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
7:54 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 221.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.14° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.56° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.