The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1916
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
6:32 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -76
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -23.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.76° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.78° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.