The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 1994
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
2:54 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 888
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 | 281.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 10.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.52° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.79° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.