The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1900
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
7:08 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.6° / 181.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.88° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.06° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.