The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1909
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
6:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -163
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 357.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.62° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 201.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.