The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
1:56 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 505
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 | 126.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.13° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.29° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.