The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
7:08 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2422
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 | 171.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 348.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 12.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.00° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.97° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.