The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% 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
4:47 PM
3:53 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2991
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 35.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.01° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.27° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.