The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1940
Waning Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
4:16 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 220
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 215.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.97° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.22° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.