The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2102
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
8:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2224
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 335.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.05° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.