The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2159
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
9:54 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2929
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 321.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 22.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.94° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.43° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.