The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 1944
Waxing Crescent
34.9% 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
11:18 AM
1:27 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 264
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 68.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.55° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.75° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.