The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Waxing Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
11:45 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1272
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 | 78.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 103.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.83° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.06° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.