The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1928
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
6:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 72
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.70° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 208.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.