The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 1977
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
9:21 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 678
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.93° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.52° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.