The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
1:21 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3288
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 | 107.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 75.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.86° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.77° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| 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.