The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
5:20 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2892
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 12.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.68° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.