The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 2082
First Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1977
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -19.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.55° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.44° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.85° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.