The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% 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
3:22 PM
2:01 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2719
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 | 111.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.29° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.75° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.