The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1950
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
9:48 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 344
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 327.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.75° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.83° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| 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.