The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1951
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
4:22 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 356
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 206.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.35° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.49° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.