The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 26.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.00° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.21° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.