The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
4:55 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 406
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 | 145.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 20.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.22° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.