The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1967
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
4:23 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.56° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.65° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.