The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1975
Waning Gibbous
63.2% 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
10:52 PM
12:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.48° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.15° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| 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.