The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1995
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
10:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 901
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 | 60.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.30° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.32° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.