The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 1980
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
12:02 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 246.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 296.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.47° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.00° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.