The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1900
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
9:24 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -274
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.76° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.45° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.