The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 2080
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
7:55 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1952
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 339.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.04° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 325.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.