The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
4:44 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 573
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 27.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.42° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.04° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| 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.