The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2130
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
4:28 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2570
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.3° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.18° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.56° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.