The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 2043
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
3:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1494
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.54° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.29° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.