The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 1993
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
1:42 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 78.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.35° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.91° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.