The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2005
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
4:43 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 309.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.70° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.26° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.