The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 2021
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.52° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.95° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.