The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
3:26 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 740
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 | 131.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.18° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.01° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.