The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
6:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 876
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.98° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.65° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| 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.