The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 1904
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
10:42 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -225
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.32° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.02° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.