The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1957
Waxing Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
10:29 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 431
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 | 70.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.18° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.21° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.