The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2012
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
1:48 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 81.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.91° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.11° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| 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.