The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
12:39 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2014
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 | 97.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.26° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.16° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.