The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 2144
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
6:44 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2743
Events on this date
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 93% of the Sun is covered at 1:04 PM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 157.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -11.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.71° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.19° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.