The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
3:28 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 672
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 | 114.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.85° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.65° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.