The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
1:55 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1680
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.30° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.35° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.