The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2100
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
3:11 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2199
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.59° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.51° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.