The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2070
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
3:47 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1828
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 | 298.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.61° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.82° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.