The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
6:19 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1098
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 162.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.55° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.93° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.