The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2078
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
3:43 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1927
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 | 280.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.54° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.17° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.