The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2034
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
9:02 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1383
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 320.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.44° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.75° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.