The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 1933
Waxing Crescent
13.7% 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
7:33 AM
11:36 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 128
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 | 43.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.13° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.70° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.