The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2181
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
1:04 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3201
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.33° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.20° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.