The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1976
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
11:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 666
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 | 74.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.83° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.15° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.93° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.