The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
3:23 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 96.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.60° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.08° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.