The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1911
Waxing Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
10:04 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -138
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 | 72.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 116.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -27.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.98° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.18° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.