The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2108
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2298
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.61° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.89° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.