The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
3:23 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 771
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 | 96.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.30° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.27° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.