The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
6:49 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 167.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 353.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 11.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.81° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.88° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.