The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
7:02 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 171.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 344.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.42° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.