The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
4:21 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1445
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.01° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.83° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.