The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2130
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
5:23 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2570
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.88° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.96° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.