The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 1905
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
1:56 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -219
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.87° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.26° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.