The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
1:50 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 839
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 | 111.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.55° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.10° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.