The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 2139
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
10:41 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2682
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 | 64.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.30° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.80° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.