The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 2024
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
4:56 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 318.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 211.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 3.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.87° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.07° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.