The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1903
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -237
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.93° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.53° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.