The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2040
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
3:31 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1457
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.89° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.74° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.