The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1953
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
1:11 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.33° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.81° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.