The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
1:34 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1878
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 | 109.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.03° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.23° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.