The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2018
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
9:45 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 313.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.89° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.63° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.