The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
5:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2756
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 | 158.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 1.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.67° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.77° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.