The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
2:13 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.02° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.55° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.