The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% 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
5:31 PM
5:01 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1482
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 | 149.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 13.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / -0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.83° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.13° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.2° |
| 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.