The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
5:07 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1247
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 | 150.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 11.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.93° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| 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.