The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 28, 2000
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
2:31 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 956
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.43° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.56° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.