The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
12:36 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2385
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 | 100.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.28° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.27° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.