The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2006
Waxing Crescent
37.0% 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
2:17 PM
11:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1037
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 | 74.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 106.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.78° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.85° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.