The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
3:54 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2756
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -3.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.36° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.08° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.