The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
1:28 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 604
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -13.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.45° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.41° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.