The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
9:04 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 196.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.16° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.96° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.