The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1973
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
2:55 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 622
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 | 304.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -2.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.03° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.07° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.91° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.