The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1998
First Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.69° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.71° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.