The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 2014
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
8:00 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 352.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 150.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.91° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.98° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.