The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
1:58 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 134
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -6.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.88° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.34° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.