The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2046
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
1:28 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1525
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 | 277.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.13° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.31° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| 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.