The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1926
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 47
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 20.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.31° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.63° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.