The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 2093
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2113
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.20° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.78° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.