The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1937
Waning Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
2:35 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 183
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 | 296.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.63° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.08° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.