The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 2030
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
7:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1334
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 137.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.51° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.85° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.