The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1945
Waning Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 282
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 | 279.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.12° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.43° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.