The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1965
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
9:24 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 530
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -25.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.30° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.39° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.