The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2158
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
11:12 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2917
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 | 69.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.21° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.99° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.