The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
3:18 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3189
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 | 126.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -2.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.31° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.18° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.