The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 2030
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
6:20 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1333
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 161.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.83° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.28° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.