The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2083
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
9:03 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1989
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 | 191.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 330.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.28° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.24° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.