The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2016
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
5:52 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.10° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.74° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.