The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2042
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
7:37 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1482
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 340.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.11° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.