The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 2116
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
1:12 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2397
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 28.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.80° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.28° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.