The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1913
Last Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
11:58 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -120
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 242.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.76° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.63° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.