The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 2048
Waning Gibbous
79.1% 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
10:03 PM
12:24 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1556
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.50° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.77° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.