The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 2004
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
8:25 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1012
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 | 186.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 332.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.81° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.71° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.