The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1984
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
5:04 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 758
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 | 332.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 205.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.98° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.40° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.