The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2059
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
3:28 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1692
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.63° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.37° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.