The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 2146
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2768
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.27° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.31° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.