The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
6:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1581
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 1.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.16° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.43° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.