The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2102
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
10:44 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2224
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars 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 | 210.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 25.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.38° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.17° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.