The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1924
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
3:23 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 16
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 | 300.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.21° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.56° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.