The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2089
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
3:44 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2063
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.34° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.64° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.