The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
6:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 348.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.11° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.33° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.