The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 1919
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
8:58 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -39
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 | 52.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 126.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.75° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.84° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.