The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1989
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
5:46 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 171.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.60° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.60° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.