The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 2008
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
12:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1055
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 237.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.60° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.93° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.