The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2028
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
9:17 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1309
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -25.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.62° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.10° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.32° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.