The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1959
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
11:44 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 255.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.65° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.89° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.