The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2053
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
9:02 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1618
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 | 195.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 320.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.63° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.56° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.