The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
3:50 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 121.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.81° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.85° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.