The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
3:11 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 975
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 | 140.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.35° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.72° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.