The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1964
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 517
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 | 280.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.51° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.24° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.