The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1975
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
8:37 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 647
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.56° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.67° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.