The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1915
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
12:16 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -89
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 | 242.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 302.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.95° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.23° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.