The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1974
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
1:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 635
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 | 81.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.38° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.73° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.