The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2141
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
5:44 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2706
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 173.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.05° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.44° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.