The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1991
Waning Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
12:27 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 851
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 | 249.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.87° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.24° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| 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.