The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
6:04 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 161.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 349.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.20° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.67° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.