The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 2162
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
12:33 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2966
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 | 240.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.44° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.42° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.