The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2011
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
4:21 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 309.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.38° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.80° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| 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.