The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1978
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
5:02 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 321.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 206.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 1.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.39° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.12° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.