The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 1927
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
7:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 60
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.58° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.50° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.