The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 2028
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
5:40 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1308
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.6° / 182.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.20° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.62° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.