The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
4:29 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.15° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.92° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.