The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
12:36 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 233
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 | 108.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.13° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.84° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.95° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.