The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2018
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
11:57 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1185
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 | 230.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 297.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.66° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.94° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.