The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 2133
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
6:07 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2607
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 176.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -2.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.48° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.70° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.