The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 1924
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
6:18 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 23
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 165.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -10.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.76° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.43° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.