The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 1978
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
10:38 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 684
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 | 254.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.59° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.22° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.