The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 23, 2028
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
11:22 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1309
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.08° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.05° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.92° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.