The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2108
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
3:01 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2298
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.51° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.25° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.