The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1925
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
12:45 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 29
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 | 63.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.01° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.55° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.