The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1946
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
7:52 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 295
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 | 41.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 136.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.78° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.69° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.