The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2029
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
11:52 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1321
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.97° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.00° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.