The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2056
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
12:31 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1655
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 | 236.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.21° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.52° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.