The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1919
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
6:51 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -46
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 | 337.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.1° / 180.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.11° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.13° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.