The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2040
Waning Gibbous
62.8% 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
11:23 PM
2:16 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1457
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 | 255.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.14° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.39° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.