The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1973
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
7:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 29.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.59° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.55° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.