The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1938
Waning Crescent
3.3% 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
5:23 AM
6:57 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 189
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 | 339.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.3° / 177.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.06° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.92° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.