The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 28, 2129
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
9:01 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2558
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 319.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.32° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.39° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.