The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1905
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
6:19 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -212
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 165.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.61° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.24° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.