The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1961
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
12:34 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 239.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.72° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.70° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.