The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 1938
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
9:44 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 196
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 | 61.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.17° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.03° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.