The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2160
Waning Crescent
0.8% 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
7:07 AM
5:54 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2941
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 | 350.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 170.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.19° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.26° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.