The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 2067
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
12:11 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1791
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.53° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.40° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.