The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 2140
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
8:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2694
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.12° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.48° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.