The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1908
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
5:18 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -182
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 | 335.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 201.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 0.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.99° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.39° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.