The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2177
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3152
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.70° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.19° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.