The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1906
Waxing Crescent
21.5% 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
9:03 AM
11:53 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.48° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.85° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.