The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 2010
Waning Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
1:16 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1086
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.52° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.54° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.