The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 1930
Waxing Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
10:58 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 97
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 | 82.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.04° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.36° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.