The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
4:24 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1309
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.61° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.89° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.