The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1956
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
2:32 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 418
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 | 295.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.09° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.88° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.