The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2011
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
7:58 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1099
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 137.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.77° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.64° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.