The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1914
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
11:03 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -107
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 | 35.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 27.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.51° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.51° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.