The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1902
Waning Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -256
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.20° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.19° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.