The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 28, 2179
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
5:17 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3176
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 | 336.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 186.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.33° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.86° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.