The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 2105
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
1:22 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2261
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 | 251.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.96° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.17° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.