The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 1911
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
7:22 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -145
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 2% of the Sun is covered at 7:02 PM.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 170.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.17° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.69° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.