The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1987
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
9:26 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 796
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 | 7.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 122.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.94° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.16° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.