The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
3:32 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2620
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.98° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.13° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.