The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2170
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
9:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3065
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 320.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.44° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.51° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| 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.