The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2127
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
2:34 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2533
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.18° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.86° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.