The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2096
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
4:27 PM
1:59 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2150
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 | 115.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.18° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.73° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.