The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 28, 2019
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
2:19 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.95° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.14° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.