The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
4:49 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1111
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 22.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.17° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.18° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.