The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 1941
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
10:23 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 227
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.90° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.88° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| 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.