The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1999
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
12:05 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 950
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 | 232.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 20.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.48° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.14° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.