The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
1:33 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 26.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.37° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.60° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.