The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
1:49 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 369
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 | 123.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 66.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -6.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.71° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.54° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.