The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 2054
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
5:40 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 191.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 0.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.23° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.15° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.