The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
1:32 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 468
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 | 107.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.82° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.65° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.