The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2103
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
5:06 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2236
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 | 333.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 190.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.14° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.81° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.