The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2007
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
11:12 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 313.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 26.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.92° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.54° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.