The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
4:06 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 270
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 29.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.47° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.45° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.