The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
3:26 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1309
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 | 128.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.77° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.04° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.