The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1920
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
9:01 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 194.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 324.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 16.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.20° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.31° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.