The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1987
Waxing Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
10:33 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.47° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.15° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.