The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 1972
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
5:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 610
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.8° / 340.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.43° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 178.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.