The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 1975
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 280.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.77° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.51° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.