The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2033
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
10:43 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1371
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.19° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.70° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.