The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2007
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
8:30 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.51° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.