The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
3:40 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1581
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 | 132.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 39.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.47° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.73° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.