The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1972
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 263.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.74° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.11° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.