The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 2002
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
1:42 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 987
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 | 263.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.72° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.67° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.