The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2098
Waxing Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
9:24 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2175
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 | 52.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 122.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -28.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.03° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.12° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.