The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 2032
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
3:42 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1358
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.79° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.41° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.