The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2046
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
5:43 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1531
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 172.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.00° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.81° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.