The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
4:36 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3090
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 22.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.75° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.57° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.