The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1907
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
1:26 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -188
Events on this date
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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 | 263.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.43° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.84° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.