The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2073
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
5:39 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1865
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 | 329.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.46° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.94° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.