The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
3:21 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 112.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 49.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.79° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.46° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.