The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1996
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
8:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 913
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 | 206.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 326.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.87° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.82° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.