The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1908
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
7:59 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -175
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 136.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.77° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.11° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.