The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
4:14 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1915
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 | 140.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 26.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.81° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.22° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.